Watch in awe as the approval numbers boldly go where few approval numbers have gone before. The Reno Gazette-Journal found no clear-cut winner among its sample of Nevadans, but Frank Luntz begs to differ. Good going, Obama.

Watching him and Edwards flail about in these debates is like watching an early-round game in the NCAA tournament where the number one seed is on the ropes and you just know that if they don’t get knocked out here, they’re going to recover and go all the way. Almost invariably, the underdog blows it and can’t put them away. And then, sure enough, they go all the way. Excruciating.